Dustdevils send 3 to NCAA DII South Central Regional Championships

Courtesy of TAMIU athletics
| on November 3, 2017

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TAMIU senior Rebekah Hernandez is one of three members of the Dustdevils cross country team along with Renee Contreras and Karla Resendez who will compete at the NCAA Division II South Central Regional CrossTAMIU senior Rebekah Hernandez is one of three members of the Dustdevils cross country team along with Renee Contreras and Karla Resendez who will compete at the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Cross Country Championships Saturday.

Rebekah Hernandez, Renee Contreras and Karla Resendez will toe the line on Saturday at the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Cross Country Championships hosted by West Texas A&M in Canyon, Texas. The women's 6,000-meter race is scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. at The Range.

The Range will host the regional championships for the third time in the past five years. The viewer friendly course features two 3,000-meter loops on a natural grass surface.

Hernandez is having one of the best seasons in program history and has her eyes set on returning to the national meet for a second time in her career. She finished 14th at the 2014 regional championships before placing 92nd in muddy, rainy conditions at the NCAA Championships in Louisville, Kentucky.

In 2017, the Laredo product earned all-conference honors for the fourth time after a fifth-place finish at the Heartland Conference Championships two weeks ago. Earlier in the season at the MSSU Southern Stampede, she became the first runner to run under 18 minutes over 5,000-meters in 17:58.75.

Contreras and Resendez both earned All-Heartland Conference honorable mention honors after finishing 16th and 17th, respectively. Before the conference meet, Resendez was the second finisher for the Dustdevils in the first four meets including a pair of fourth-place finishes at the Islander Splash and UIW Invitational. Contreras has had a strong first season at TAMIU as the dual-sport athlete has two top-10 finishes to her name.